About Us
From our first year of operation, caring for six patients, St David’s Hospice Care has grown to become one of the UK’s largest provider of hospice at home care, now caring for over 3,200 patients and families every year, at a cost of over £9 million.
Bringing care home
In 1979, Heulwen Egerton, a nurse tutor at Newport’s Royal Gwent Hospital set up the ‘Gwent Hospice Project Group.’ The group was made up of like-minded individuals who were concerned at the lack of palliative care available to the people of Gwent.
From our first year of operation, caring for six patients, St. David’s Hospice Care has grown to become the UK’s largest provider of hospice at home care, caring for over 3,400 patients and families every year, at a cost over £9 million.
The need for St David’s Hospice Care’s services continues to increase year on year and last year more than 3,386 patients and families were cared for by St David’s, more than 30 per cent of whom had a non- cancer diagnosis.
Our Mission
To provide and continue to develop a free and comprehensive palliative care service of excellence throughout Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen and within South and Mid Powys for people, their families and carers facing a progressive life-limiting illness which is no longer curable. This service recognises the need of the whole person and is given in co-operation with other agencies.
To provide an educational resource using the special expertise and skills of the Hospice.
All our care is provided free of charge.
However it costs £12,700 every single day to provide that care.
